Paul Dunne didn’t only manage to ignore the thundering approach of an on-fire Rory McIlroy on the final day of the British Masters yesterday but pulled away in outstanding fashion with a brilliant nine-under 61 to claim his first tour title.

One fears for state of the treadmill at a city centre hotel in Newcastle this morning because Richie Ramsay was not entirely a happy man despite his three-under 67 at the British Masters at Close House.

A week after he had to come off in the first round in Portugal with chronic sinusitis, Stephen Gallacher admitted to being “about 80 per cent” after yesterday’s British Masters pro-am around the hilly Close House.